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Information

“In 1997, Chicago had 28,314 dogs and cats come into the Chicago Animal Control and Care (CACC), and 26,394 were killed.”
--PAWS Chicago

“Of the 1,423 U.S. cruelty cases on animal abuse, 70.1% involved dogs, 20.9% involved cats, 24.1% involved other animals.”
--The Humane Society of the United States

“There is no federal cruelty law when it comes to animals. Instead, cases are handled on a state by state basis.”
--Canine Journal

“Anti-cruelty laws exist in all U.S. states and territories to prohibit unnecessary
killing, mutilating, torturing, beating, neglecting and abandoning animals, or depriving them of proper food, water or shelter.”
--The Human Society of the United States

Cases

Statistics

Average number of animal abuse / cruelty cases reported in the media each year

Stories

"Dolly"

She is a female pitbull who was abused, she was hit on the head with
a baseball bat and even lit on fire. Due to the abuse she was left with scabs and burns on her skin and brain damage that left her blind.
However, she was saved after a volunteer decided to adopt her.

"Oogy"

He is a male pitbull who was used in a dogfighting operation. He was use
d as bait for a Pitbull and he had his left ear torn-off. He was left in a cage to die, until police officers found him and took him to an
animal hospital. He was saved and adopted by a loving family.

"Milky"

He was dragged by a man for 20 minutes. He was found in a basket
crying in pain. His skin was bruised and had grazes to one side of his body.

Our Team

We are participants at the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion Program in Chicago. We joined Girls Who Code to
challenge ourselves this summer and meet girls our age that are interested to learn Computer Science. This
website was made to inform people on ways to prevent animal abuse.